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[quote=Anonymous]I work for an IT consulting firm and a manager in our IT security department fell for a phishing scam on his home computer. He also put his ego aside and shared his story to help people learn. People who think they won’t fall for scams are the same people who think they would never leave a baby in a car. That’s the whole point - the human brain is fallible and can be manipulated, especially when you are outside of your routine or faced with urgency.

My boomer parents act like petulant teenagers when I try to tell them about new scams and phishing techniques we learn about at work and it scares the heck out of me. “I know, I know, leave me alone, we’re not idiots.” People who are both cognitively declining AND really defensive about how smart/savvy/street smart they are are actually the most vulnerable. My mom had her Facebook log in compromised because she was reading and clicking on links from her email from her phone - and her eyesight is not sharp enough to pick up tell tale signs of Phishing. Then she didn’t AGAIN for her cell phone account because she was pouting and acting like a toddler when I asked her not to pay bills or do anything financial from her phone. And now that they have been so defensive when I try to share things that people my age and younger have fallen victim to and what to watch out for, I am scared they will be tens of thousands of dollars into a scam before they admit to me what happened or ask for help. [/quote]

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